The impact of the Revolution on religious life in France is examined here. Catholic structures and beliefs are central, but minorities like Protestants and Jews are not neglected, as it surveys the fate of the confessional state and the extent of "de-Christianization". Set within the European context, the author emphasizes the turbulence of church-state relations, the role of religion in determining political loyalties, and the tenacious survival of religious practice in the late 18th century.
| ISBN | 0333583264 | | Weight (grammes) | 567 | | ISBN13 | 9780333583265
(What's this?) | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Series editor | Jones, Colin, Overy, Richard | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Series ISSN | 1350-477 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | European Studies Series | | Publication date | 12 Oct 2000 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 274.4081 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | Pages | 448 | | Academic level | A / AS level, Undergraduate, General |
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Preface Introduction SECTION A: ANCIENT REGIME RELIGION The Gallican Church - Structures and Personnel Catholicism in Eighteenth-Century France: Varieties of Practice and Belief Protestants and Jews The Church and the Enlightenment SECTION B: THE IMPACT OF REVOLUTION The Gallican Church and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1786-1790 The Collapse of the Historic Ecclesiastical Order, 1789-90 The Civil Constitution of the Clergy SECTION C: FROM SCHISM TO TERROR, 1791-1795 Church, State and Revolution, 1791-1795 The Survival of Religious Groups Dechristianisation and the Alternatives to Christianity SECTION D: TOWARDS A NEW RELIGIOUS ORDER: THE DIRECTORY AND THE CONSULATE The Churches and the State, 1795-1799 The Napoleonic Religion Settlement, 1799-1804 Conclusion Index
'A book which is of interest not only to students of French history but also anyone who wishes to study and understand the development and decline of European Christianity in the last two centuries.' - Dom Aidan Bellenger, The Downside Review 'This will be the book on the subject...It is based on a great deal of the author's own primary research on the topic, and draws on an enormous body of secondary sources. It is very well written, and is an exercise in a humane kind of social history.' - Professor Colin Jones, University of Warwick
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